bcmwl-kernel-source (not installed): bcmwl kernel module failed to build. No WIFI on my Acer Aspire 5310.

Bug #1430256 reported by Adrie van Loenhout
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Bug Description

No Wifi on my Acer Aspire 5310

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.41~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt5
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.16.0-31-generic
Date: Tue Mar 10 11:54:29 2015
DuplicateSignature: dkms:bcmwl-kernel-source:(not installed):/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.141+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1844:4: error: too few arguments to function ‘cfg80211_ibss_joined’
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-03 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20150218.1)
PackageVersion: (not installed)
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: bcmwl-kernel-source (not installed): bcmwl kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Adrie van Loenhout (loenhout47) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1424134, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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